Symptoms

[AndyD]

George, my thoughts are with you.
Long Covid is debilitating, but that last comment ( ) is classic and shows her competence.

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

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Continue to send positive thoughts.

[brenda]

@George-K
George, the inhaler could be very helpful. I was at about the same stage, number of weeks, when it was prescribed for my case. Everything she says sounds so much like what I went through. The symptoms, the timing, the recurrence, etc.

If she ends up with the inhaler, tell her it will likely take a few days of consistent use before she sees improvement. Her lungs need time to calm down and heal, and the inhaler will aid that, but it still takes time.

I was so skeptical about the inhaler. I really didn't think it would help at all. However, for this type of situation, it made a great difference. She will likely need to use it multiple times per day for the first several weeks. Yeah, I know. She's not going to want to hear that kind of time frame. Then she will be able to step it down to a couple times per day, and eventually to an as-needed level of usage.

I still have occasional times when I use it, and it was in April that I first began the prescription. My illness began February 18 or 19. She's right on schedule to track with what I saw. The inhaler could be a big help. It sure was for me.

God bless her, I hope she gets feeling well soon. Not just better, but really feeling well.

[George K]

@brenda thanks, Brenda. She was given Symbicort.

[Jolly]

Hope it helps...

[George K]

She sent an email this am:

It's a small study, but it compares healthy people with COVID to people with comorbid conditions:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7326402/

"Recurrence might have occurred due to a suboptimal control of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, allowing a second episode of viral replication."

Also, a meta analysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537484/

"This study highlights the possibility of COVID-19 relapse. The patients reported were mostly females and less than 40 years old. The common presentations of the relapse are asymptomatic presentation, fever, or fever associated with fatigue within 14 days of discharge, although 27.3% of cases reported after 14 days up to 22 days"

I've seen a lot of variability in the statistics, but it looks like somewhere between 12-33.3% of people my age who get COVID have symptoms for months, including SOB, cough, fatigue, and chest pain. Many of those in that group have a relapsing/remitting pattern like mine.

So, my guess is that I'll be on the roller coaster for a while.

You know, just like the flu.

[jon-nyc]

Wow.

[brenda]

Wow. On the one hand, it's nice to know you're not alone, but on the other hand, who the heck wants to be in this group? No one does.

George, I really appreciate all I have learned from this thread. It's been very eye-opening, and I thought I knew as much as was available. Please continue to post on this to keep us educated. So much more is known now than compared to even a few months ago, and there will be more information coming yet.

Again, I find this very helpful. Tell your kiddo I really appreciate her candor and sharing. I wish her the very best outcome.

[George K]

And then she sent this:

[Jolly]

Zinc is a stand-alone test. Often see it ordered with Mag levels. I think it's also found on Trace Metal tests.

[jon-nyc]

Interesting. I do a monthly mag test (immunosuppressants decimate your levels) but haven’t had zinc tested as far as I can remember.

[Copper]

I played golf today with a guy who recovered from the covid.

He says he is fine, no symptoms. It is possible.

[Jolly]

And then...Heard from the family of one of my wife's friends this morning. She's in ICU in Monroe and may not make it. Clotting in her lungs. She's 59.

[George K]

(Hope you guys don't mind me posting these. I think, just for the sake of education, you can see what a mess this is. "Trav," by the way, is the guy she's living with. When she first got sick, she isolated. That was 7 weeks ago. He's been fine all along. "Cade" is Trav's 17 year old son.)

[Loki]

@George-K I appreciate your sharing. The first person accounts are so interesting and I also I am now vested in your daughter’s recovery.

[George K]

As I've mentioned, she lives in suburban Milwaukee. The attitude throughout the state, according to her, has been pretty blasé. She sees packed bars, no masks, etc. It really pisses her off, and as she texted, "karma's a bitch." Trav's ex has been particularly vocal about this being just a bad flu, and she plans on not getting vaccinated.

D2 has used the "C word" several times in reference to her.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Symptoms:

As I've mentioned, she lives in suburban Milwaukee. The attitude throughout the state, according to her, has been pretty blasé. She sees packed bars, no masks, etc. It really pisses her off, and as she texted, "karma's a bitch." Trav's ex has been particularly vocal about this being just a bad flu, and she plans on not getting vaccinated.

D2 has used the "C word" several times in reference to her.

This is about to get so much worse...

[Axtremus]

Very sorry that D2 and family are going through this ordeal.
Best of luck to her.

[taiwan_girl]

@Loki said in Symptoms:

@George-K I appreciate your sharing. The first person accounts are so interesting and I also I am now vested in your daughter’s recovery.

I agree. Please keep us posted.